Residential demolition and its impact on vacant lot hydrology: Implications for the management of stormwater and sewer system overflows

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-56

  Shuster, W D ^a   Dadio, S ^b   Drohan, P ^c   Losco, R ^d   Shaffer, J ^e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Cedarville Engineering Group   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lanchester Soil Consultants Inc   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demolition; Green infrastructure; Stormwater management; Urban hydrology; Vacant lots

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; HOUSING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; TEXTURES;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN HYDROLOGY; VACANT LOTS;

DEMOLITION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACKFILL; DEMOLITION; GREENSPACE; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEWER NETWORK; STORMWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898867648     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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